Dyer

[ dahy-er ]

/ ˈdaɪ ər /

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John, 1700–58, British poet.

Mary, 1611?–60, American Quaker religious martyr, born in England.

QUIZZES

In effect, this quiz will prove whether or not you have the skills to know the difference between “affect” and “effect.”

Question 1 of 7

The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

Dyer on a bad day is still more profound, and more polished, than most writers at their effortful best.
Geoff Dyer at Sea: Unmoored but on Target|Melissa Holbrook Pierson|May 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But this is what Geoff Dyer does: remarks on conspicuous truths that are anything but until he points them out.
Geoff Dyer at Sea: Unmoored but on Target|Melissa Holbrook Pierson|May 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But Dyer, in all his wide range—four novels and six, yes, genre-defying works of nonfiction—can indeed be classified.
Geoff Dyer at Sea: Unmoored but on Target|Melissa Holbrook Pierson|May 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Geoff Dyer takes the reader on a map-based tour of his hometown, Cheltenham, in Southwest England.
Crazy Cartography: Artists and Writers Conjure a Slew of Imaginative Maps|Lauren Elkin|April 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST

In front of him is a drink, dark red wine the color of his necktie, and a book by Geoff Dyer.
He Left Nirvana Because He Had Cooler Things to Do. Like Going to Iraq.|Jacob Siegel|April 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But the pressure of need compelled his father to indenture him at an early age to a dyer in Lectourne.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
Nobody ventured to touch the dessert, and, after the hymn, the old dyer read a grace after meat.
Skipper Worse|Alexander Lange Kielland
"It is not always that the advice and conversation of women folk softens a man," said the old dyer, quietly.
Skipper Worse|Alexander Lange Kielland
Upstairs, however, he did not find the rest he so much needed, for in his room the old dyer sat waiting for him.
Skipper Worse|Alexander Lange Kielland
The old dyer was with Madame Torvestad; it would be better to ask him to make the attempt.
Skipper Worse|Alexander Lange Kielland